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Karin Rågsjö (V)
What Karin Rågsjö has said in the chamber of the Swedish Riksdag, debate by debate. The lines under each debate sum up a speech; they are written and translated by AI in advance and may contain errors, so check against the speech.
Kammarkoll has the Riksdag's speeches from 26 September 2022 onwards; older debates are not included.
Dental care fees for foreigners without residence permits
- Asks why the government is not listening to referral bodies. Criticizes that the government is proceeding despite the Migration Agency and several other bodies warning of serious deficiencies and risk of poorer oral health. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government has consistently ignored referral bodies over four years. Argues that the government has disregarded the opinions of the Council on Legislation and warnings from authorities such as the National Board of Health and Welfare. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for having ignored referral bodies and research regarding the proposal on dental care fees. Opposes the bill as higher fees risk leading to necessary care being missed for persons in vulnerable situations. Read the speech
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- Thanks the member for his comments. Underlines the importance of maintaining a decent attitude towards all parties in political work. Read the speech
Care reform for addiction and psychiatric conditions in Sweden
- Questions whether the economic conditions are sufficient and whether the state should bear the costs for major restructuring. Argues that the resources are not sufficient for the current reform. Read the speech
- Argues that the allocated resources are insufficient and instead proposes 1 billion kronor per year to avoid the reform crashing. Also asks how the government plans to follow up and evaluate the reform's effect on the care chains. Read the speech
- Argues that the narcotics legislation must be evaluated as there is a lack of knowledge regarding its effects. Criticizes that the reform lacks sufficient resources and demands that the state takes responsibility for the costs to avoid displacement effects. Read the speech
Municipalities to employ doctors for elderly care competence
- Argues that the proposal creates parallel healthcare structures, unclear distribution of responsibility, and unequal care. Suggests instead that resources and competence enhancement be invested in primary care, more geriatric clinics, and trained staff closest to the elderly. Read the speech
- Asks why the referral bodies' criticism regarding inequality and parallel care chains is being ignored. Also asks how competence supply, patient safety, and continuing education shall be ensured in smaller municipalities as well as why more geriatric clinics are not invested in instead. Read the speech
- Asks how the evaluation shall be carried out and what conditions municipalities have for technical equipment and laboratories. Argues that the reform is deficient and instead proposes more geriatric clinics or need-based access to GPs. Read the speech
Healthcare priorities: reform agenda, queue figures and regions
- Criticizes that the previous speaker uses misleading figures to describe the reduction of healthcare queues. Argues that Stockholm has better queues than Skåne and points out that some regions have extreme problems. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the healthcare in Skåne is deficient and that an anorexia clinic in Stockholm was closed due to poor finances. Argues that psychiatry in Sweden is no longer functional for patients or staff. Read the speech
- Argues that the state must take greater responsibility for the financing of healthcare and wants to increase the number of doctors at the health centers. Also wants to increase equality within cancer care, improve screening for gynecological cancer and investigate breast cancer screening for women over 74 years old. Read the speech
Healthcare organization: private insurance, online care, GP reform
- Argues that private health insurance creates a sorting where the insured are first in the queue. Asks how one should view private actors who have agreements with the regions and offer two different points of entry to care. Read the speech
- Criticizes that private actors choose to establish themselves where there is money instead of in rural areas. Asks how the Center Party views private companies using tax funds for two entrances and that doctors receive bonuses for the number of calls. Read the speech
Healthcare organization: KD state governance, S primary care, SD wages
- Criticizes that the figures for reduced care queues omit nine regions. Argues that the efficiency delegation includes a director from a healthcare company that has been accused of incorrect billing and criticizes the healthcare company's business model. Read the speech
- Criticizes KD for using false figures regarding healthcare queues. Argues that the right of free establishment has enabled criminal actors and that the legislation must be changed to address structural flaws in healthcare. Read the speech
- Asks what the Sweden Democrats' position is on long-term healthcare preparedness and regulation of the market to stop crime in healthcare. Argues that the choice system for health centers is dysfunctional and wastes money. Read the speech
- Argues that the Sweden Democrats have changed their stance on the healthcare market. Emphasizes that immigrants are crucial for the healthcare system to function and asks how the member intends to improve the healthcare staff's situation following the government's economic policy. Read the speech
- Argues that the state must take greater responsibility for the financing of healthcare and expand the training of general practitioners. Criticizes market logic and private health insurance which create inequality and proposes that these be banned within publicly funded care. Read the speech
- Proposes that a healthcare preparedness committee be established to analyze the long-term conditions of the healthcare system. Asks if a reduction in working hours for shifts can be a solution to the poor working environment for healthcare staff. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the efficiency delegation has created more bureaucracy and that a manager with connections to incorrect invoicing has been hired. Asks how to stop tax money from flowing away to doctors who take 100 calls per day. Read the speech
Healthcare competence supply, e-health and preparedness debate
- Questions were asked whether the investigation on state responsibility for skills supply and medicine stocks has been. Criticizes that laws lead to the exclusion of healthcare personnel and argues that this damages Sweden's reputation. Read the speech
- Criticizes that young people with great ambitions are deported from Sweden. Argues that healthcare in Stockholm has expanded and developed better than in Skåne, where waiting times are significantly longer. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare staff is pressured by the difference between work tasks and available resources. Emphasizes that the staff is close to burnout and wants the healthcare workers to have better well-being and more colleagues. Read the speech
- Argues that reduced working hours is a way forward so that staff can manage to work. Criticizes that trained staff are being expelled and argues that Sweden needs more immigrants and better education to solve the staff shortage. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare has a structural work environment problem due to unsustainable workload. Wants higher wages, better working hours, national economic management, and legally regulated specialist training. Proposes a national medical record system and state-owned AI models. Criticizes the operations of online doctor companies and wants to change the Patient Act to stop them. Wants Sweden to receive patients from Gaza. Read the speech
- Means that she is not against private healthcare providers, but criticizes online doctors for deceiving regions out of money. Wants to stop online doctors who exploit loopholes and deceive the state and the regions. Read the speech
- Argues that the regions are still running at a deficit despite the latest figures. Wants the state to take a clearer responsibility for economic management by index-adjusting the state grants. Criticizes that the state is investing in tax cuts instead of welfare. Read the speech
- Argues that the reduction in the healthcare queues is not 28 percent. Criticizes the Christian Democrats' figures and asks how they could present these at a press conference. Read the speech
- Criticizes that certain regions were excluded in the statistics. Argues that staff shortages and demographic challenges are exacerbated by legislative changes that lead to the deportation of trained staff. Read the speech
Healthcare working environment: wages, resources and queues
- Argues that the healthcare system has a serious structural work environment problem as a result of long-term cuts and lack of resources. Wants powerful measures for better wages, reduced working hours, and a coherent national plan for skills supply. Read the speech
- Argues that the government is shifting the blame to the regions and criticizes the presented figures for reduced healthcare queues. Suggests higher wages, better working hours, index-regulated state grants, as well as that the state takes greater responsibility for education and national economic management. Read the speech
- Argues that powerful measures are needed to improve wages, working hours, and working conditions. Proposes that the state takes greater responsibility for education, national economic management, and index-regulated state grants. Criticizes the right's passivity towards private actors. Read the speech
Healthcare management, deportations and maternal care grants
- Asks why the minister presented misleading figures regarding reduced healthcare queues. Argues that the government's figures of 28 percent are significantly lower when all regions are included and SKR's statistics are used. Read the speech
- Argues that the government uses misleading data by excluding regions with poor figures. Criticizes that the information regarding reduced healthcare queues is misleading and demands figures that everyone can stand behind. Read the speech
Good and close care: VFP wants indexed state grants
- Argues that the government has not reached its goals for the transition to a good and close care due to lack of resources. Wants the state to take greater responsibility through indexed state grants and demands a consequence analysis of the proposal's economic consequences. Read the speech
- Welcomes the basis of the reform but questions how the regions should prioritize. Asks how the regions should handle the shortage of care beds and the costs of hiring staff for primary care. Read the speech
- Argues that the staff experience extreme stress and that the problem is not solely due to the regions' personnel policies. Wants the care to be reinforced by hiring more psychologists and counselors, and also points out that 27 billion kronor are missing for the regions in 2030. Read the speech
Primary care: KD wants state responsibility and 1,100 patients
- Supports the reform but criticizes the slow pace. Argues that the goals have not been reached due to lack of economic and personnel resources and criticizes that the responsibility is placed on the regions despite their economic situation. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government has not presented a national transition plan or taken a stronger grip on primary care. Argues that the responsibility cannot be placed on the regions and calls the current situation a failure for KD. Read the speech
Medicines and dental care: SD, S, V, and MP debate reforms
- Criticizes the increase of the high-cost protection as a hard blow to many people. Argues that the tax cuts are primarily aimed at those with the best finances and that these funds instead should have been used within the welfare sector. Read the speech
- Argues that the dental care reform should include the entire population because teeth are a part of the body. Criticizes that the removal of free dental care for young people causes many to refrain from care due to high costs. Read the speech
- Asks how conditions should be created to bring more of the pharmaceutical manufacturing back to Europe and Sweden in order to reduce the dependence on the USA, India, and China. Asks how the staff shortage in clinical trials has been resolved as well as what has happened with the investigation from the Care Responsibility Committee. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden becomes vulnerable due to the dependence on foreign pharmaceutical production. Wants Sweden to be able to manufacture important medicines itself and criticizes that the government has not acted on the Vårdansvarskommittén's proposals. Read the speech
- Wants Sweden to manufacture life-saving medicines itself and proposes a review of medication within psychiatry. Criticizes the increase of the high-cost protection and wants the state to increase its responsibility for expensive medicines. Wants a high-cost protection within dental care. Read the speech
Alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling policy debate
- Asks whether something should be done about the fact that tobacco-free snus is marketed with flavors aimed at children and young people. Argues that the tobacco industry is skilled at selling new products. Read the speech
- Criticizes that snus is presented as a health product and argues that it is an idea from the tobacco industry. Expresses concern over how tobacco-free products affect children and young people. Argues that the alcohol issue has become a commercial issue rather than a public health issue. Read the speech
- Proposes that the government appoint an inquiry to investigate how the criminalization of personal use has affected users' quality of life, health, and drug-freedom. Argues that the inquiry should be based on research and the authorities' requests. Read the speech
- Asks which research is the basis for the opponent's opposition to investigations. Criticizes the Moderaterna for a "glittery" and populist view on alcohol that risks threatening Systembolaget's existence. Read the speech
- Argues that the narcotics policy should be reformed from being drug-free to focusing on harm minimization. Wants the government to investigate the impact of criminalization on users and to ban flavorings in tobacco-free snus that attract children. Criticizes that the alcohol issue becomes a commercial issue rather than a public health task. Read the speech
Social issues: profit in schools, veils and healthcare queues
- Asks what the minister has to say to the healthcare staff beyond nationalization and points out that the investigation on nationalization did not lead to that conclusion. Criticizes that deficiencies in the work environment are due to unhealthy workload. Read the speech
- Argues that the resources to the regions have not been sufficient. Criticizes that the government repeats that the deficiencies are the regions' fault instead of taking radical measures. Read the speech
Public health: SD, S, and V debate healthcare inequalities
- Argues that authorities, not politicians, should present recommendations regarding ultra-processed food. Wants to strengthen youth clinics and asks how the member views the uneven school healthcare. Read the speech
- Proposes that the member discusses processed food with relevant authorities. Criticizes that the promised investments in mental health are not sufficient and argues that Sweden needs to handle the high number of NPF diagnoses. Read the speech
- Argues that class and education level affect public health. Criticizes the government for worsening conditions for the economically disadvantaged. Argues that the regions' deficits hinder initiatives for preventive work and close care. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for worsening the situation for those with the shortest education by directing money to the richest instead of to children and young people. Argues that it should be completely free to vaccinate children against TBE in the entire country. Read the speech
- Argues that public health is a class issue where socioeconomically disadvantaged are hit hardest. Wants a national public health law, an expanded vaccination program for the elderly and national guidelines for allergy care. Criticizes the government's policy which increases poverty and exclusion. Read the speech
Healthcare, medical and social care: KD, S, and SD proposals
- Want to stop deportations of staff within elderly care. Asks why the government invests in performance-based funds when the profession argues that it does not work and that long-term investments in staff are required instead. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare queues are not decreasing drastically and points out that a large majority of workplaces within healthcare do not meet the requirements of the Work Environment Act. Asks what the government is doing with the proposals from the Vårdansvarskommittén. Read the speech
- Criticizes that performance-based funds are used to shorten healthcare queues. Argues that long-term investments in staff, skills supply, and primary care are required instead of short-term demands. Asks why performance-based funds are considered a good solution. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats constantly associate problems with immigrants. Argues that the budget is insufficient for healthcare and asks what the Sweden Democrats' role is beyond wanting to exclude staff with an immigrant background. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's policy for increasing inequality through increased co-payments for medicines and for undermining the supply of competence through deportations of healthcare personnel. Argues that primary care must be upgraded and proposes significantly increased state grants, national economic steering, as well as a long-term plan for care beds and the conditions for staff. Read the speech
- Criticizes that region Skåne has a deficit of 8.5 billion which leads to closed healthcare beds and savings plans. Argues that healthcare in Skåne is failing and asks if the government needs to give the region a larger budget. Read the speech
- Argues that the waiting times in eating disorder care in Stockholm have improved since a red-green law was introduced. Criticizes the economy in Skåne and argues that the region needs more funds to manage the more expensive care. Read the speech
Sweden receiving Gaza patients for medical care
- Argues that Sweden should receive severely ill patients from Gaza on humanitarian grounds. Asks if the process is considered too complicated to attempt to receive patients despite many other countries already doing so. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden should act more actively and receive severely ill patients from Gaza on humanitarian grounds. Criticizes the government's refusal to receive patients when 16 other European countries do so. Read the speech
- Argues that it is strange that Sweden has not received patients from Gaza despite other EU countries having done so. Wants Sweden to receive the sickest patients on humanitarian grounds, just as during the war in Ukraine. Read the speech
Dental care high-cost protection: SD wants 90% state pay
- Argues that dental health is a class issue. Wants the reform to be developed so that all adults receive the same cost for dental care as for medical care. Criticizes that the reform does not cover the entire mouth despite the existence of financial possibilities. Read the speech
- Argues that the lowering of the age limit for free dental care has led to fewer young adults seeking care. Criticizes that the reform affects young adults and workers in times of high living costs. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the economic situation of young adults is being ignored. Argues that dental care is a class issue as many Swedes lack the means to see the dentist due to inflation and increased costs. Read the speech
- Criticizes tax cuts that affected healthcare. Argues that the reform is confused and that many groups, such as young and poor people, still cannot afford dental care. Read the speech
- Argues that dental care is a class issue and wants it to be included in healthcare with a real high-cost protection for everyone. Criticizes the government's limited reform which does not cover preventive treatment or solve regional staff shortages. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden is heading in the wrong direction due to increased poverty and unemployment. Claims that dental care is a class issue as those with the worst finances cannot afford treatments. Read the speech
- Argues that the reform is not a major welfare reform. Criticizes that the government has chosen not to invest more in welfare and reduce inequality despite having had the opportunity to do so. Read the speech
- Asks why the government ignores the economic situation of young adults and removes the possibility of cheaper dental care. Argues that the dental care issue is about class rather than age and criticizes that the government has not utilized its economic resources. Read the speech
- Argues that dental care is a class issue where people with poorer finances cannot afford treatments. Criticizes the government's lack of initiatives for the poor and argues that they have worsened the conditions for these people. Read the speech
Return grants: M supports integration, V calls it racism
- Criticizes the government's policy for being hostile towards immigrants and based on signal politics rather than real solutions. Argues that the investment in return migration grants is counterproductive as Sweden needs more immigrants within welfare and healthcare. Read the speech
- Highlights that many municipalities in Norrbotten and Västerbotten refuse to cooperate regarding voluntary return. Argues that the municipalities need more inhabitants to maintain the welfare and criticizes the government's initiative as signal politics. Read the speech
Healthcare preparedness: KD wants state funding and no regions
- Criticizes that the Christian Democrats are placing the responsibility on the regions instead of taking their own responsibility. Argues that there is a lack of majority for a state-wide healthcare and expresses concern over the welfare's capacity due to tax cuts. Read the speech
- Argues that the state must ensure that there are financial conditions for equal care in all regions. Asks how today's capacity can handle a coming pandemic, crisis or war. Read the speech
- Criticizes that commercialization and tax cuts weaken the welfare system and make access to medical equipment vulnerable. Argues that preparedness is strengthened through a well-resourced healthcare system in peacetime, national stockpiles, domestic production, and a functioning healthcare capability within the Försvarsmakten. Read the speech
Economy, migration, and welfare debate on child poverty
- Criticizes the government and SD for draining healthcare by not taking inflation and the pension crisis into account. Argues that healthcare queues are increasing and that the government proposes reduced subsidies to healthcare. Read the speech
National strategy for mental health and suicide prevention
- Wants mental diagnoses to be equated with physical and proposes individually tailored psychological treatment within primary care through non-profit actors. Criticizes increased prescription of psychopharmaceuticals to children and neglected school health services. Read the speech
Healthcare organization: nationalization, regional care, subsidies
- Criticizes the nationalization of healthcare and argues that healthcare should be governed by healthcare needs instead of profit opportunities. Proposes increased state subsidies, a three-year ban on new establishments and an investigation into therapy within primary care. Read the speech
- Means that she is not against private healthcare providers in general, but is against extreme profits and that freedom of establishment creates criminal networks. Suggests that politicians should have influence over where healthcare centers are located. Read the speech
- Means that one is against large profits and dysfunctional structures rather than all private care. Suggests that more foundations should run health centers and that a limit on profit extraction is introduced. Criticizes the size of the large corporations and wants to stop criminal infiltration by reviewing current forms. Read the speech
Health and medical care: KD wants state takeover of regions
- Criticizes the proposal for state-wide care and argues that the Christian Democrats are alone in this issue. Instead wants a solution based on the consensus reached in the Care Responsibility Committee and proposes indexing to meet inflation. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare policy should entail more scrutiny of the regions' budgets. Criticizes that resources go towards following up profits of private actors instead of to patients and staff. Welcomes increased state governance. Read the speech
- Argues that free choice of care and freedom of establishment have created a sick culture and opened the doors for welfare crime. Criticizes that the regions are forced to build costly units to handle over-administration. Read the speech
- Thank the member for the cooperation that has occurred in matters concerning Covid-19, addiction, and the legal gender. Read the speech
Countering criminal actors in healthcare and private actors
- Argues that freedom of establishment and profit-seeking in welfare provide the mafia with conditions to operate within healthcare. Proposes a three-year moratorium on new establishments, abolition of the profit system, and a new special unit at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority. Read the speech
- Argues that there is a systemic error as freedom of establishment and profit interest in welfare create opportunities for criminals to launder money. Criticizes that the control costs are too high and asks if the government is turning a blind eye to the healthcare market. Read the speech
- Asks about the high costs of monitoring private actors and whether the state will contribute funds. Argues that the freedom of establishment must be reviewed and that tax money should be prioritized for healthcare and patients rather than a swelling private sector. Read the speech
High-cost protection for medicines: KD and M propose increase
- Argues that more people live in poverty and demands a discussion on how medicines should be financed. Criticizes the lack of consequence analyses and argues that the proposal makes it more expensive to be ill. Read the speech
- Criticizes that tax reliefs have benefited high-income earners while people feel financially squeezed. Argues that the proposal affects people's health and forces the sick to choose between food and medicine. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal is introduced without a thorough impact assessment. Argues that the increase is a "death blow" to people who are already financially pressured by high rents, interest rates, and food prices. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal lacks a consequence analysis and risks that patients will refrain from medication for economic reasons. Argues that the increase increases inequality and hits those with the worst finances hardest. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's proposal on the increased co-payment in the high-cost protection as it affects ordinary people and makes it harder for the sick to get their medicine. Argues that the proposal lacks a consequence analysis and is non-solidary as it benefits the richest at the expense of the poor. Read the speech
- Criticizes the lack of a consequence analysis for the proposed increase in the co-payment. Argues that the increase risks making it more expensive to be ill and that patients in financial distress may refrain from treatment. Read the speech
- Argues that it is expensive to live in Sweden right now. Criticizes the lack of impact assessment and points out that the increase can have huge consequences for patients who refrain from medication. Read the speech
Crime, welfare, infrastructure and equality debate in Riksdag
- Questions about whether it is appropriate for the CEO of a company accused of incorrect invoicing and police reporting should be included in the government's efficiency delegation. Read the speech
Healthcare priorities, gender identity and euthanasia debate
- Argues that cuts in personnel costs in Skåne will result in layoffs. Criticizes that the budget lacks thoughts on the increasing class inequality in life expectancy. Read the speech
- Argues that cuts of one billion in Region Skåne imply a serious crisis. Asks whether the government has considered the increased administrative costs of welfare crimes, which are exacerbated by the right's policy regarding freedom of establishment. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare is not as rosy as the right side claims since the intensive care beds have decreased. Criticizes that the goals for primary care have not been achieved and asks if the government has good plans to restructure it. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the state shifts the responsibility to the regions instead of taking its own responsibility. Argues that the state has not created long-term conditions for primary care and questions why the state does not use its opportunity to work with resources. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's policy of using minorities as scapegoats and expresses concern over reduced intensive care beds as well as lack of accessibility in primary care. Argues that inequality in life expectancy is increasing and wants the government to strengthen care for gynecological cancer. Proposes that the government investigate equitable mammography for women over 74 years old and wants to investigate expanded responsibilities for the competence center against female genital mutilation. Read the speech
Small-scale farm alcohol sales for tourism industry debate
- Asks which instances consider farm sales to be uncertain in relation to EU law. Argues that the market advocates for the proposal while knowledge and science instances see risks for Systembolaget. Read the speech
- Asks why the government ignores the Council for Legislation's hesitation and questions the possibility of shutting down the operations after six years. Criticizes that the proposal is driven by the alcohol industry and questions the claims about positive effects on unemployment. Read the speech
- Expresses concern that farm sales undermine the monopoly's legal position and public health. Asks how the members will act if the proposal leads to the fact that Systembolaget must be shut down. Read the speech
- Argues that the proposal is seen as a freedom reform with more alcohol in every way. Criticizes that alcohol policy is driven by the market rather than public health principles and asks if the reform will actually lower unemployment. Read the speech
- Argues that the government's proposal on farm sales threatens the retail monopoly and public health policy. Criticizes the proposal as it risks undermining Systembolaget's legal position and the EU exemption. Moves for approval of the reservation from Vänsterpartiet, Socialdemokraterna, and Miljöpartiet. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal lacks social policy and alcohol policy. Asks how many jobs are created and expresses skepticism that farm sales will save the countryside. Argues that several referral bodies have said no to the proposal. Read the speech
- Argues that the proposal risks the monopoly and criticizes the Centerpartiet for wanting to make the proposal more liberal. Also points out that farm sales can constitute an illegal trade barrier according to the Council on Legislation. Read the speech
Healthcare and preparedness: crisis stocks, staffing, and military
- Argues that healthcare is in crisis due to large savings and cuts in the regions. Asks how the government and the Sverigedemokraterna view their responsibility and how they plan to create equality when introducing AI. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government avoids responsibility by shifting it onto the regions. Argues that the lack of indexing of state grants and increased costs for pharmaceuticals and the elderly have eroded the resources. Expresses concern over Sweden's lack of preparedness for future pandemics. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Christian Democrats are handing over the responsibility for the regions and argues that a lack of resources causes resignations within the health and medical care. Asks what the party intends to do to improve primary care. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare is unequal depending on geography and class. Criticizes that staff are struggling under a pressured work environment due to understaffing and high workload. Read the speech
- Asks how Sweden will achieve the necessary intensive care beds without a robust economy. Also wants legislation that requires the regions to have their own stocks. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the regions were starved of resources during 2022 and 2023. Argues that the state has not addressed the staff's problems despite record-high numbers of reports regarding poor working environments. Asks what the Sverigedemokraterna propose for radical solutions. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's policy for eroding the welfare state and underfunding healthcare. Wants to introduce legal requirements for crisis stockpiles, national plans for staffing and continuing education, and abolish agency staff in healthcare. Read the speech
Food prices, child allowance, inflation and teacher authority
Farm alcohol sales: KD supports tourism, V cites health risks
- Criticizes that the government's proposal threatens the retail monopoly and public health. Argues that there is great uncertainty regarding the proposal's compatibility with EU law and that it could constitute a trade barrier. Read the speech
- Criticizes that farm sales can be seen as a back door to overthrow Systembolaget's monopoly. Argues that the proposal risks threatening public health and Sweden's exemption from EU competition rules. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal is more about factory sales than farm sales and argues that it risks loosening the conditions for the monopoly. Warns of major consequences if the sales monopoly is abolished. Read the speech
Social Services Act: KD, S and MP debate preventive work
- Welcomes the new Social Services Act but emphasizes that economic conditions are required to enable the preventive work. Wants the government to propose legislation that ensures relatives' right to information, support, and help. Read the speech
Medicines and dental care: high-cost protection and funding
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- Argues that it is a betrayal if access to orphan drugs is not addressed quickly. Criticizes the proposal for a higher high-cost protection as it could worsen the situation for economically vulnerable groups. Asks whether the dental care reform will be rolled out across all of Sweden. Read the speech
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- Do you want national governance of the dental education and a fully funded high-cost protection in dental care. Proposes that specialty medicines be exempted, that the state provides support to regions for expensive medicines as well as that the government investigates the medication of children and young people. Read the speech
Sis special youth homes: Audit report on care deficiencies
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- Criticizes that the school is not functioning and that child poverty and evictions are increasing. Wants to see a methodical preventive work with resources for field assistants in the local community and more resources for welfare than for tax cuts. Read the speech
- Argues that society has waited too long to identify children and that preventive work has been sidelined. Criticizes that Sis does not reach its goals and that municipalities dump children without a plan. Wants the government to take further initiatives for a major competence boost and moves for approval of reservation 4. Read the speech
Social policy, environment, labor market and school issues
Alcohol, drugs, doping, tobacco, gambling regulations
- Wants a law change regarding the promotion ban in distance sales of alcohol and a ban on flavorings in tobacco-free snus that appeal to children. Argues that the criminalization of personal use is ineffective and proposes that drug policy should be based on care, prevention, and harm minimization. Read the speech
Public health: lifestyle, structural measures and drink fees
- Criticizes that public health is seen as an individual issue and argues that socioeconomic factors and class differences create inequality in health. Asks for structural measures instead of a focus on the individual's choices. Read the speech
- Argues that economic difficulties make it difficult for some to prioritize health. Wants greater efforts than just leisure cards since associations are often focused on inner cities. Requests campaigns from the Public Health Agency to break class-related health gaps. Read the speech
- Argues that class and socioeconomic position create large differences in health. Wants the government to carry out a review of youth clinics, investigate the registration of all types of vaccinations, investigate interventions against overweight as well as investigate TBE vaccine in the general vaccination program. Read the speech
Government priorities: tax cuts, coastal protection and healthcare
- Criticizes that the government prioritizes tax cuts for the richest while simultaneously raising medicine costs and reducing benefits for the unemployed. Asks how the government intends to act when the economy becomes tougher for, for example, single parents. Read the speech
- Asks if there is more that can be done to press down the costs as the drug Ozempic is being dispensed uncontrollably to people who do not suffer from diabetes or severe overweight. Read the speech
General Inheritance Fund: Audit Office report and liquidation
- Argues that the Swedish National Audit Office's report is groundless as it misses the inheritance fund's significance for civil society. Wants the government to promptly present a plan that strengthens and secures the fund's long-term work. Read the speech
- Asks how the Sweden Democrats intend to develop civil society and if they see any alternative to the General Inheritance Fund. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Sweden Democrats for lacking interest in stopping money to the mafia and welfare companies. Argues that they want to fire-sale small organizations and lack concrete proposals on how civil society should flourish. Read the speech
Healthcare and social care: parental flat rate and assistance
- Argues that the government's proposal is repressive rather than preventive and criticizes that not enough is invested in early interventions in school and preschool. Asks what the Minister considers to be preventive interventions. Read the speech
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Healthcare funding: SD wants 10 billion for shorter queues
- Criticizes that the government's budget and tax cuts do not prevent deaths caused by resource shortages and staff shortages. Argues that the proposed budget will not improve healthcare or solve the problems with lack of care beds and high workload. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the budget does not solve the staff shortage and that the extra funds are too small to improve the conditions. Argues that the budget favors the richest through tax cuts while welfare and healthcare are in crisis. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats blame immigrants for deficiencies in the welfare system. Argues that the parties' policy to get immigrants to leave the country creates a staff shortage within healthcare as a large proportion of the staff is foreign-born. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the member focuses on immigration and interpretation in healthcare instead of investing in the staff. Argues that the government's policy abandons the poor by raising medicine prices for the multi-morbid and pensioners. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's and the Sweden Democrats' austerity budget and tax cuts for high-income earners. Wants to regulate the market to stop profit interests, increase state subsidies to healthcare, introduce a high-cost protection for dental care and include TBE vaccine in the high-cost protection. Read the speech
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- Criticizes the government's policy and expresses concern that welfare will shrink when costs for infrastructure and nuclear power are to be paid for by the elderly and the sick. Suggests that instead, a deficit of minus 1 percent over the business cycle should be allowed to finance welfare. Read the speech
- Proposes that the government investigates Försäkringskassan's handling of the leisure card to avoid it becoming a flop. Criticizes that the government's initiatives lack sufficient state subsidies and personnel resources, which makes them superficial projects rather than practical benefits. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government has not taken its fundamental responsibility during the healthcare crisis and that the state has not sufficiently supported the regions with government grants. Proposes higher government grants instead of smaller project-based initiatives to create a stable base for healthcare. Read the speech
Free dental care age limit: SD, S, and M debate high-cost protection
- Asks how the reform contributes to equitable dental health since the costs hit hard against people with poorer finances. Also asks how the proposal facilitates for regional dental care and what happened to the promise of a better high-cost protection. Read the speech
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- Criticizes that the proposal worsens dental care for young people and does not solve the skill shortage. Asks if private actors can take over the responsibility for children and young people as well as how the reform will be followed up. Read the speech
- Argues that there are enormous class differences within dental care that are not resolved by the proposal. Criticizes that the reform begins with cuts instead of solving the competence shortage and questions whether the new high-cost protection for the elderly actually creates equitable dental care. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal is a class issue that worsens dental care for young people and argues that dental care should be included in healthcare so that everyone can afford treatment. Instead wants a reform package that ensures dental health for all age groups. Read the speech
- Argues that the dental profession within the public dental care system must be made more attractive to attract more. Emphasizes that early dental care is crucial to prevent costly and long-term treatments later in life. Read the speech
- Argues that the private sector should be regulated to take responsibility for children and young people. Criticizes the proposal for affecting young adults financially and argues that it does not solve the great inequality in dental health. Read the speech
Sweden's capacity to receive injured patients from Gaza
- Criticizes the government for refusing to accept severely injured patients from Gaza despite that Swedish healthcare has capacity. Argues that the situation is a humanitarian catastrophe where thousands of people are in acute need of medical evacuation. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden has the capacity and a humanitarian responsibility to receive injured patients from Gaza, similar to how action was taken for Ukrainian injured. Wants the government to immediately task authorities to prepare to receive patients. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden must provide practical help on-site because hospitals are being destroyed and children are dying. Asks why Sweden does not evacuate seriously ill children when the conditions exist to do so. Read the speech
Healthcare, crime, energy and infrastructure debate in Riksdag
- Criticizes the government's cuts in state grants and sector grants to primary care. Argues that long-term conditions are required to build up the care and asks how long the minister will continue to turn a blind eye to the needs of primary care. Read the speech
Pharmaceutical prescriptions: state governance and supervision
- Argues that the pharmaceutical area is difficult to follow and there is a lack of transparency. Criticizes the government's policy for creating financial difficulties for the regions and suggests that the state should take over the entire cost for pharmaceuticals. Read the speech
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- Notes that pharmaceutical costs are increasing and that there is an unequal distribution between the regions. Asks how the regions are to manage reduced grants and how the costs for pharmaceuticals are to be covered with the proposed budget. Read the speech
- Criticizes that inflation has not improved the situation as staff are still being laid off. Argues that economic differences create inequality in prescription of medicines and requests clearer rules for the responsibilities of the state and the regions. Read the speech
- Argues that the state's governance and supervision of pharmaceutical prescriptions is not effective and requests a new investigation to review the whole. Wants the state to take over the cost for expensive medicines and treatments. Read the speech
Healthcare: M criminalize checks, S more beds, KD shorter queues
- Argues that welfare must be prioritized over tax cuts and that healthcare staff need better working conditions. Wants to see equitable healthcare where need guides rather than the wallet, as well as mass vaccination against HPV and a review of age limits for mammography. Read the speech
Health and medical care organization: state ownership and reform
- Asks the government for concrete ideas to improve primary care as the current situation is not working. Criticizes the lack of class equality in the Tidö Agreement and asks if a bill on the comorbidity investigation will be presented during the mandate period. Read the speech
- Argues that the state must take a firmer grip and provide more long-term funding to primary care. Criticizes that the market governs accessibility so that socially underprivileged areas receive poorer care. Asks why no bill is coming from the Samsjuklighetsutredningen. Read the speech
- Argues that there is a national healthcare crisis and questions whether the disbursed funds actually lead to new recruitments. Criticizes that profit-driven large companies rather than small companies dominate healthcare and argues that this increases class differences. Read the speech
- Argues that health and medical care suffers from a lack of resources, reduced capacity, and overtime for staff. Criticizes the government's lack of resources and opposes freedom of establishment as the incentive is profit rather than care. Read the speech
- Argues that the government and SD underfund regional healthcare and criticizes the impact of market logic on equality. Wants to see a national primary healthcare reform, abolish the right of free establishment, and ban private health insurance. Read the speech
Healthcare crisis: KD push for nationalization and MP wage hike
- Argues that Sweden is in a national healthcare crisis with a lack of preparedness and economic deficits. Criticizes the government and SD for ignoring the risks of private ownership in healthcare. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden is in a crisis as the number of intensive care beds has decreased and primary care is being slowed down by a lack of resources. Criticizes the government and SD for not having a plan for primary care and asks how they intend to act. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare system is bleeding due to lack of resources and that 5,000 people are being laid off. Criticizes the government and SD for not providing the necessary resources despite the fact that healthcare beds are decreasing. Read the speech
- Argues that the government and SD are not taking responsibility for the national healthcare crisis. Criticizes that the government refuses to provide resources to the regions despite the fact that staff shortages and patient insecurity are real problems. Read the speech
- Argues that the Sweden Democrats are responsible for the national healthcare crisis. Criticizes that the number of healthcare beds is decreasing due to lack of resources and asks how the Sweden Democrats intend to handle the shortage of intensive care beds. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government is not taking responsibility for the current healthcare crisis. Argues that the lack of resources leads to a reduced number of healthcare beds and that primary care has major problems due to lack of funding. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden is in a national healthcare crisis due to lack of resources and staff. Wants to remove the market from healthcare, abolish the freedom of establishment and phase out hired staff through a ten-point program. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden is in a healthcare crisis where the number of healthcare beds is decreasing. Criticizes the government and SD for not taking the crisis seriously and for having allowed 5,000 people within healthcare to be laid off. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposals on efficiency and longer sick leave take time away from healthcare. Argues that healthcare is not a manufacturing industry and that layoffs of staff affect patient safety. Read the speech
National infectious disease control and pandemic preparedness
- Criticizes the government for not doing enough to improve the effectiveness and preparedness of infection control. Proposes that the responsibility for healthcare hygiene be centralized within one agency, that legal requirements be introduced for the regions' protective equipment stocks and that an inquiry be appointed regarding the legal conditions for data collection. Read the speech
Construction crisis, healthcare, economy and national security
- Argues that there is a national healthcare crisis due to staff shortages and fewer healthcare beds. Asks how the government intends to turn things around since the additional 6 billion will not make a difference for the current misery. Read the speech
- Argues that the government and SD have the overall responsibility for the serious healthcare crisis. Criticizes that the responsibility is being shifted to the regions and demands concrete solutions. Read the speech
Healthcare waiting times: SD, M, V debate audit report
- Argues that the government has failed to shorten queues with the queue billions and criticizes Socialstyrelsen's follow-up as insufficient. Wants a comprehensive investigation to be carried out to quantitatively examine the new queue billion's effect and displacement effects. Read the speech
- Asks how the proposed efficiency office is to be built up and argues that it is used to hide the staff shortages in the regions. Also asks why the government does not evaluate the effects of the new queue billions. Read the speech
- Criticizes the establishment of an efficiency office as over-administration and argues that the government has failed to shorten the queues. Instead, wants that the staff be favored and the effects of the new queue billion be evaluated. Read the speech
Gender Recognition Act: self-identification and medical care
- Argues that the proposal is well-elaborated after extensive referral processes. Criticizes the opponents for belonging to a far-right wave and questions whether the problems raised have actually been discussed previously. Read the speech
- Argues that the proposal has support from several agencies and professions. Argues that the amendment facilitates for a limited group of people who have waited a long time and that it is not the politicians' role to examine people's inner lives. Read the speech
- Supports the proposal to separate legal gender reassignment from medical treatment and argues that the right to gender identity is a fundamental human right. Criticizes age limits for care and emphasizes that the profession should make the decisions. Read the speech
Heated tobacco flavor ban: S, SD, and V debate new rules
- Criticizes the government's health warnings for being vague and weak. Wants to introduce requirements for information and health warnings also on products that are not intended for smoking, as well as a general exposure ban for tobacco products. Read the speech
Government management of healthcare, economy, energy and environment
- Asks the Minister of Finance about the plan moving forward as the government is considered to be starving the public healthcare system. Argues that the extra 6 billion are insufficient and that a national healthcare crisis has accelerated during the government's time in power. Read the speech
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Government investments in healthcare, schools and culture
- Asks when the bill based on the Mental Illness Inquiry will be presented and requests what the plan is since the inquiry was received at the beginning of 2023. Read the speech
Healthcare crisis, tax cuts and 16-year-old gender reassignment
- Criticizes that the government is not living up to its promises to provide funds to healthcare. Argues that the healthcare crisis is a major national failure and demands concrete measures instead of just expressing concern. Read the speech
Healthcare crisis measures and financing: KD's stance
- Argues that healthcare is in a national crisis and criticizes the government's passive attitude towards impending staff reductions. Asks if the Minister intends to take measures to improve the working environment for healthcare staff. Read the speech
- Requests that the government returns with a budget that fulfills previous promises. Expresses concern over historically low levels for cancer treatment and argues that the state must take responsibility for the regions' finances and staff cuts. Read the speech
- Criticizes the previous government's administration of private healthcare contracts and expresses concern about increased privatization as well as an insurance system. Argues that the government's passivity regarding the regions' financial deficits is unacceptable. Read the speech
Government budget policy, healthcare, forestry and education
- Asks when the Prime Minister's promise of money to the regions will be fulfilled to prevent staff reductions. Argues that an extra supplementary budget of 15 billion was needed to save healthcare. Read the speech
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Medicines and dental care: pharmacy market and supply rules
- Argues that healthcare is in crisis. Asks what the government intends to do to solve the medicine shortage and suggests that the pharmacy industry should be required to maintain stock. Asks how the inequality in dental care is to be addressed. Read the speech
- Describes the situation with restocked medicines as a catastrophe and argues that Sweden is poorly prepared for a crisis. Criticizes that state dental care support goes to the private sector and wants private dentists to accept patients with poorer dental health. Read the speech
- Expresses concern over the increasing medicine shortage and asks how the stocks are to be managed. Criticizes that a high-cost protection for dental care is not being introduced as promised and requests how a solidarity principle shall govern the care. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the reform focuses on the elderly instead of socioeconomic differences. Argues that low incomes and geographical factors create inequality and wants private dental care providers to take greater responsibility for the whole. Read the speech
- Argues that the lack of action regarding orphan drugs is serious and that reduced resources for dental care increase class differences. Asks what is included in the high-cost protection as well as what directives and budgets exist for the investigation. Read the speech
- Asks how the government intends to solve the acute shortage of dentists and dental hygienists in rural regions. Argues that it is a problem that people with lower incomes utilize dental care to a lesser extent. Read the speech
- Criticizes the shortage of medicines and the deregulation of the pharmacy market and proposes a mandatory stock requirement as well as a national list of availability. Wants to introduce a high-cost protection for dental care, a national fee and impose the same requirements on private dental care as on public. Read the speech
Healthcare crisis, energy charter, and antisemitism debate
- Questions about the government's responsibility to have a healthcare system that can meet crises and wars. Argues that the current healthcare system lacks margins and cannot meet everyday life or larger crises. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare crisis cannot be explained by too many administrative staff. Criticizes the government for letting the crisis spiral out of control and accuses KD for accepting this. Read the speech
Healthcare funding, staffing and priorities in Sweden
- Criticizes the government's investment in the social services as insufficient as the resources are heavily minimized. Argues that the budget implies a cut in crime prevention work and expresses concern that young people will feel abandoned. Read the speech
- Argues that the social services lack resources to be proactive towards radicalized groups. Criticizes the government's budget as too stingy and argues that the lack of resources in the regions leads to increased healthcare queues. Suggests that the state should support healthcare with targeted funds. Read the speech
- Asks how the regions' large deficits affect the staff's conditions and work environment. Also asks how primary care can grow despite a lack of resources as well as how elderly care will manage a new pandemic given the current staff shortage. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden faces a healthcare crisis due to a lack of resources and is concerned about increased queues. Criticizes that social services are in crisis and argues that the Tidö parties' policy risks worsening recruitment and preventive work. Read the speech
- Argues that the welfare system is being starved due to the government's cuts and lack of accountability. Proposes an indexing for long-term funding as well as increased funding for social services and preventive work. Read the speech
- Argues that the targeted government grants lack a sufficient foundation and that the regions need more money to build the healthcare from the ground up. Criticizes cuts in the healthcare workforce and argues that the government is prioritizing incorrectly. Read the speech
- Argues that the regions need significantly higher state grants to achieve an effect from targeted interventions and to be able to maintain staff. Criticizes the government's focus on tax cuts and argues that the social services and the regions are now being brought to their knees. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government's investment in the social services is misleading and insufficient. Argues that preventive measures need to be elevated through practical work in school and preschool rather than surveillance and asks when the major investment will come. Read the speech
- Asks when the promised 8 billion will be paid out. Criticizes that the investment in crime prevention work is, in practice, a cut. Argues that completely different resources were needed to stop the new recruitment of children and young people. Read the speech
Welfare crime in healthcare: KD and V debate stop law
- Argues that criminal gangs are penetrating the welfare system and pose a system-threatening threat to democracy. Proposes that the government introduces a ban law against private companies and strengthens Ivo's resources to quality-assure care. Read the speech
Combatting welfare crime in healthcare: KD and V proposals
- Argues that criminal networks exploit the freedom of establishment to launder money and generate profits from tax funds. Criticizes the lack of control and suggests that the establishment of new private companies within the health and medical care sector should be restricted. Read the speech
- Advocates for national measures, licensing requirements, and a stop law to prevent criminal networks from operating within the health and medical care sector. Argues that criminal networks launder money and exploit the welfare market, which leads to large economic losses. Asks if the Minister intends to strengthen Ivo's supervisory work with a powerful resource supplement. Read the speech
Lex Maria and Lex Sarah: Audit report on elderly care quality
- Notes that the state's efforts to prevent healthcare injuries and malpractice are ineffective. Wants to strengthen individuals' position in lex Maria and lex Sarah as well as expand the organizations' responsibility to inform relatives. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats are not keeping their word regarding welfare and elderly care. Argues that the party has not delivered on its promises and asks what the result of their cooperation with the government will be. Read the speech
- Argues that the Sweden Democrats are part of the government's policy. Asks how elderly care can be staffed if the vision is to have as few immigrants as possible, since the sector is dependent on them. Read the speech
- Asks whether the government has learned from the pandemic and how they intend to handle future crises within elderly care. Criticizes that there is still a shortage of trained staff and that working conditions are poor. Read the speech
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Economic challenges, welfare, and social issues in Sweden
- Asks if the healthcare can become patient-dangerous due to the government's and SD's refusal to provide higher state grants. Argues that a cutback shock within healthcare threatens to lead to layoffs, closed clinics, and longer healthcare queues. Read the speech
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Mandatory reporting in schools and healthcare to combat shadow society
- Criticizes the proposal on the reporting obligation as a reporting law that contradicts human morality and ethics. Argues that the proposal rests on uncertain assumptions and would require extensive changes to the Health and Medical Services Act as well as the secrecy legislation. Read the speech
- Criticizes that a reporting law violates confidentiality, ethics, and morality within healthcare. Asks if the minister intends to take measures to exclude healthcare personnel from the reporting obligation. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for planning to introduce reporting laws that violate democratic principles. Demands that the government withdraw from the proposal to instead prioritize the welfare system's mission and staff. Read the speech
Medicines and dental care: pharmacy market and staff shortages
- Argues that inflation is consuming the healthcare's funds. Criticizes that the government is not living up to its promises regarding medicines and asks how the inequality in access to precision medicine shall be resolved. Also asks if clinical trials can be carried out in a stressful work environment and what the prioritization of high-cost protection for dental care looks like. Read the speech
- Argues that poor working conditions hinder clinical trials. Points out that healthcare is in a bad position and argues that dental care is a class marker that requires reform. Emphasizes that dental care in northern Sweden is in crisis. Read the speech
- Criticizes that market forces do not take responsibility for the countryside and argues that the number of pharmacies in the countryside has decreased while they increase in the cities. Asks what the government intends to do to remedy the worsened accessibility. Read the speech
- Argues that the market determines where pharmacies are located. Criticizes that market-based conditions lead to fewer pharmacies in rural areas and requests the government's steering instruments to counteract this. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the crisis in health and medical care is not only due to administrators. Proposes a national review of the prescription of antidepressants as well as a review of guidelines for the medication of children and young people. Asks whether the planned dental care reform will be a general reform or only apply to elderly people with poor oral health. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the dental care reform ends up in a drawer and risks never being implemented. Argues that poor dental health is a class issue and expresses concern that the government is not keeping its promises regarding support for dental care. Read the speech
- Argues that the welfare crisis and market forces threaten healthcare. Wants a national review of prescription medication for children, nationalization of pharmacies and a dental care reform with a high-cost protection to increase equality. Read the speech
Healthcare priorities: KD, V, and S debate funding and staffing
- Argues that the regions lack resources and do not feel the government's priorities. Demands increased state grants as the current budget is insufficient to secure healthcare beds or maternity care. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare system is retreating due to lack of resources. Criticizes the government's decision not to provide sufficient state grants and demands a substantial pot for the state grants to secure healthcare beds and maternity care. Read the speech
- Asks whether the government really prioritizes healthcare and whether investments in welfare are inflation-driving. Also asks how the regions are to manage future budgets and whether healthcare is to engage in signaling instead of offering interpretation. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare is in a financial crisis where staff shortages and burnout threaten patient safety. Criticizes the government for placing the blame on the regions and demands measures to get the staff to stay. Read the speech
- Asks whether the government really prioritizes healthcare and criticizes that the lack of investments in staff and welfare is used as a reason for a lack of policy. Argues that the state must guarantee long-term, indexed state grants and proposes significantly increased general state grants for a better working environment and higher wages. Wants to increase equality through state influence, remove the freedom of establishment and introduce one midwife per birth. Criticizes that private providers take the healthy patients and demands that the government works for equal mammography for women over 74 years old. Argues that maternity care is in crisis and proposes that the government develops different types of maternity wards. Wants the government to raise state grants to prevent a system collapse. Read the speech
Healthcare organization: KD state takeover, S health centers, C choice
- Requires a long-term financing plan and a national primary care reform. Argues that the state must increase resources and governance to secure care places and quality. Wants to ban private health insurance and carry out a national review of psychopharmaceuticals for children. Read the speech
Healthcare competence supply, e-health and preparedness debate
- Asks whether the government and SD will really deliver a better working environment. Expresses concern that regions are forced to make cuts due to deficits and criticizes the government and SD for not providing larger increases in the state grants. Read the speech
- Argues that resources are required so that staff have time to be care developers. Points out that public investments in welfare are not inflation-driving and advocates that the regions become responsible for maintaining stocks for three months. Read the speech
- Argues that state governance is needed in several areas and that inequality in healthcare exists. Warns of an upcoming welfare crisis due to economic decisions and asks for long-term solutions. Read the speech
- Argues that public investments in welfare are not inflation-driving. Criticizes that the government's budget leads to a welfare crisis as a lack of resources hinders hiring and recruitment of administrative staff. Read the speech
- Argues that healthcare has become unequal and demands increased state influence over economic redistribution and resources. Proposes shorter working hours with maintained salary, wants to abolish the right of free establishment and moves for approval of reservation 7. Read the speech
- Argues that public investments in welfare are not inflation-driving. Wants to employ more people to open healthcare beds, advocates for administrative staff who relieve healthcare staff and criticizes the lack of a common digital infrastructure between the regions. Read the speech
- Argues that the work environment is the greatest crisis within health and medical care due to overloading. Suggests that more must be hired and conditions improved so that staff will be satisfied and stay. Read the speech
- Argues that loans have been used for necessary investments in climate and trains and suggests that route subsidies can be used to help those who are worst off in society. Wants to invest in health and medical care through radical digitalization and requests more long-term financing. Read the speech
- Argues that we are facing an economic and climate crisis. Advocates that staff within health and medical care should be given greater freedom and room to build up their operations. Read the speech
Alcohol sales, migration, crime and child psychiatry debate
- Asks how children are to receive increased help and shorter queues to child and adolescent psychiatry when the state grants are minimal. Argues that the current budget will cause children to fare even worse. Read the speech
Public health: vaccination programs and national health law
- Argues that women with low socioeconomic status have lost in life expectancy and that children of these women are hit hard by economic difficulties. Wants higher state grants to the school to improve the conditions for these children. Read the speech
- Argues that the school plays a fundamental role for public health and that a lack of resources for teachers and assistants negatively affects children in disadvantaged areas. Criticizes the government's budget for not working for families with low socioeconomic status. Read the speech
- Asks what the Sverigedemokraterna can do to initiate a coherent vaccination program for the elderly. Argues that such a program is needed as the vaccination rate for pneumococci is low in Sweden. Read the speech
- Argues that there are not enough entry points for children with mental ill-health. Wants to increase the budget for school health care and youth clinics and criticizes the low state grants which do not provide better conditions for children. Read the speech
- Argues that class differences create large differences in health and life expectancy and wants to introduce a national public health law. Also wants a vaccination program for the elderly, increased access to PrEP medication and better interventions for children's and young people's mental health. Read the speech
- Is positive towards the leisure card but argues that larger investments are required to provide children in disadvantaged areas with equal opportunities. Criticizes that economic barriers and class issues prevent parents with low socioeconomic status from letting their children participate in activities. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Tidö Agreement for not delivering sufficient resources to the school. Argues that the school is the most important instrument for the youth's future and demands long-term, substantial investments in money and staff to handle the current crisis. Read the speech
Healthcare product availability and preparedness in Sweden
- Argues that the national stock disappeared when Apoteket AB was sold. Wants the government to quickly introduce both a long-term and a rapid preparedness plan and proposes that the responses from the referral bodies be used as a basis. Read the speech
- Proposes that a rapid plan to establish a national stockpile be introduced. Argues that the regions should be legislatively obligated to build up stockpiles to avoid catastrophe situations. Read the speech
- Argues that commercialization and the "just in time" principle have weakened preparedness. Wants a national preparedness plan, a state-owned company, domestic production, and reformed personnel policy. Criticizes the government's long-term pace and demands that the Health and Medical Services Act shall explicitly guarantee equipment to protect the health and safety of staff. Read the speech
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- Expects a follow-up on the work with civil preparedness. Argues that market freedom within healthcare has created inequality and a lack of access to medicine in rural areas. Read the speech
Alcohol, drugs, doping, tobacco, gambling and farm sales
- Criticizes the government's proposal on stricter narcotics legislation and argues that criminalization does not reduce gang crime. Wants needle exchange, harm reduction, and a solidarity alcohol policy with limited availability. Proposes that the government investigate legislation to provide broad support measures for children of parents with addiction. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Center Party's fixation on farm sales and argues that it is not problematic. Argues that farm sales will disrupt the monopoly and increase total consumption, which risks public health. Read the speech
- Argues that the alcohol industry hopes that the monopoly will fall through farm sales. Warns that the market must not take over alcohol policy and emphasizes the importance of protecting the alcohol monopoly. Read the speech
Energy policy, citizenship, healthcare and working environment
Alcohol, drugs, doping, tobacco, and gambling policy reforms
- Asks what the modernization of the alcohol policy entails and criticizes that the government views alcohol as a commercial issue rather than a public health issue. Argues that the government refuses to investigate the effects of criminalization on drugs and asks why this is being avoided. Read the speech
- Argues that farm sales can jeopardize the monopoly and is skeptical due to the alcohol industry's lobbying. Criticizes the police actions against drug users as they do not contribute to early detection. Wants to investigate the effects of criminalization on drugs. Read the speech
- Argues that the current drug policy has not been successful and wants to investigate the effects of criminalization. Asks for research that supports the current policy and points out that police actions do not contribute to the early detection of children's problems. Read the speech
- Wishes that the government investigates the effects of criminalization on drugs. Argues that research, rather than moral convictions, should guide policy and criticizes the Christian Democrats for not daring to raise the issue. Read the speech
Healthcare accessibility, staffing and wages in Sweden
- Argues that the healthcare system suffers from a harsh working environment and a lack of resources. Asks how to attract back staff who have quit or work part-time due to the difficult working environment. Criticizes the lack of long-term perspective in the government's budget and proposals. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the current state subsidies are insufficient. Expresses concern that the lack of resources leads to cuts in healthcare, affects staff pensions and risks patient safety. Read the speech
- Argues that insufficient state grants and insufficient staffing levels deteriorate the work environment and the quality of care. Wants to increase the general state grants for higher wages and better working conditions and calls for faster measures to increase the number of care beds. Read the speech
- Argues that the government is dependent on the Sverigedemokraterna. Criticizes the Moderaterna's previous actions and argues that the regions, which have been right-wing led, must now clean up the maternity care. Proposes that resources for mental health be concentrated in the most vulnerable areas. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's budget as stingy and argues that the current state grants are not sufficient. Argues that increased state grants are required to be able to retain staff and improve maternity care. Read the speech
Online doctors and weight loss market regulation KD and V
- Criticizes the unregulated market for online doctors where profit interest takes precedence over healthcare needs. Argues that the activity is in conflict with the Health and Medical Services Act and asks what measures the minister intends to take to regulate online doctors. Read the speech
- Criticizes that digital medical companies market treatments as miracle cures and that they often lack contact with general practitioners. Wants to regulate online doctors, abolish the right of free establishment, and ensure that tax money goes to those with the greatest need. Read the speech
- Argues that need-based management has been hindered and that those with the greatest need end up last in the queue. Suggests that the regions strengthen 1177 and remove reimbursements to digital health centers to counteract rapid access to care taking precedence over need-based principles. Read the speech
Pharmacy and medicine trade supervision report: KD, S, V
- Criticizes that the deregulation has benefited large chains at the expense of small pharmacies. Argues that pharmacies have become concentrated in cities and asks how they are to be distributed to the countryside. Read the speech
- Argues that the increased competition risks reducing the number of pharmacies in rural areas and worsening access to pharmacists. Wants the government to present a plan to address these health-hazardous deficiencies. Read the speech
- Argues that the public health aspect has fallen into the background for competition and that the availability of medicines in rural areas is not secured by market forces. Criticizes the lack of capacity for supervision and demands stricter supervision as well as an updated plan for control. Read the speech
- Argues that accessibility increases in cities while the number of pharmacies in rural areas decreases. Criticizes the deregulation of health infrastructure as it leads to inequality and that the market takes control. Read the speech
- Argues that the competition between pharmacies has reduced the possibility of focusing on medicine. Criticizes that the competition leads to cuts in staff, which makes it harder for customers to receive concrete help. Read the speech
Healthcare control: SD, M, V debate private insurance rules
- Criticizes that private health insurance is an unregulated market that generates large profits for insurance companies. Argues that it is strange that the same staff is used for both insured and non-insured patients and questions whether this is equitable. Read the speech
- Argues that market elements in healthcare must be regulated to create more equal healthcare. Criticizes that taxpayers subsidize private healthcare companies that have two points of entry through insurance companies and proposes a more reasonable budget to speed up healthcare. Read the speech
- Criticizes that private healthcare companies with regional agreements have two points of entry for insured and non-insured patients. Asks whether taxpayers should subsidize insured patients and suggests that insurance companies should instead build up specific departments for their customers. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the proposal is influenced by powerful lobbying from insurance companies and healthcare companies. Argues that healthcare is becoming increasingly market-influenced and that taxpayers should not subsidize private healthcare providers' intake of insurance customers. Read the speech
- Wants to remove the "fast tracks" where people with private health insurance receive faster care than patients with greater medical needs. Argues that tax money should not subsidize private healthcare companies with two entrances and calls for increased control of the regions' agreements. Read the speech
- Argues that there must be more controls of health centers that have both agreements with regions and open doors for insurance patients. Criticizes that taxpayers subsidize insurance patients at these clinics. Read the speech
- Argues that the proposal has been stopped due to powerful lobbying from healthcare companies and insurance companies. Criticizes that market forces and capital influence politics and asks if this is seen as a problem. Read the speech
Ukraine support, Archer artillery, school burden and fishing
- Asks whether a directive will be added to investigate how the criminalization of personal use has affected the narcotics area. Points out that the previous government chose to omit this in a previous investigation. Read the speech
Healthcare, medical and social care: 1177, wages and grants
- Highlights that the private healthcare sector has made large profits. Criticizes the unregulated freedom of establishment for increasing inequality and asks if the system will be reviewed with inspiration from Denmark. Read the speech
- Argues that freedom of establishment has led to unequal care as companies choose where they establish themselves. Proposes that politicians should direct the placement of health centers based on need and equality, similar to in Denmark. Read the speech
Welfare, immigration and economy: S, KD and M debate measures
- Asks what will happen with the care and the staff's conditions after the government has specified lower appropriations than what is required according to SKR. Criticizes that the targeted government grants are decreasing during the mandate period. Read the speech
Healthcare and social care budget: KD, V, and S proposals
- Argues that the government's state subsidy of 6 billion is not enough to cover the crisis within health and medical care. Asks how fast the healthcare staff should run and how many hourly employees who will fill elderly care with the current budget. Read the speech
- Argues that the targeted government grants will decrease by 25 billion during the mandate period. Criticizes that the government's investments are insufficient to ensure patient safety and staff conditions. Advocates for an investment of 10 billion to increase staffing density. Read the speech
- Argues that the budget leads to losses of 15,000 employees within school, health, and care. Criticizes that the state grants are too low and asks why the Sverigedemokraterna prioritize the richest over the staff's working environment. Read the speech
- Expresses concern that the state grants are too low and that the targeted grants will decrease. Argues that significantly larger and long-term investments in welfare and elderly care were needed. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's budget for lacking resources and investments in the healthcare staff's working environment. Proposes a solidarity investment via taxation for equal healthcare, the equalization of dental care with healthcare as well as increased resources for mental health. Read the speech
- Argues that the budget is reasonable and invests in welfare. Wants to examine the private healthcare companies' profits and their influence on regional politics. Emphasizes that health is affected by education and economy. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the budget is not sufficient to cover the needs within health and medical care. Argues that 6 billion is not enough and advocates for 10 billion to achieve a functional staffing density. Read the speech
Healthcare crisis: queues, staff shortages and regional deficits
- Argues that the healthcare system is in crisis and that there is a lack of staff with good conditions rather than beds. Asks how the 6 billion in additional funding can manage the crisis and fulfill the government's promises. Read the speech
- Argues that there is a major crisis due to staff shortages and unmanned healthcare beds. Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats prioritize tax cuts over providing the regions with the necessary funds to hire staff. Read the speech
- Argues that the healthcare crisis consists of extreme overcrowding and lack of time. Wants to reform the personnel policy, proposes a zero vision for work-related ill health and criticizes the unregulated market as well as the freedom of establishment which creates unequal care. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government has reduced the financial resources to the regions and the targeted state grants for health and medical care. Argues that the cuts make it more difficult to manage the healthcare and staffing crisis and asks why the state grants have not been strengthened. Read the speech
- Argues that the crisis in healthcare cannot be solved by simply pouring money into the system. Suggests that instead, welfare should be prioritized by taking back money from tax cuts for high-income earners. Read the speech
- Criticizes that an investigation should be conducted on whether to pay for an interpreter. Argues that this creates problems for families and staff who do not master the language and can lead to children being forced to interpret for their parents. Read the speech
- Argues that lack of language skills can threaten patient safety. Criticizes proposals for interpreters and informants as not being liberal and warns that patients may use relatives as interpreters if the cost falls on the patient. Read the speech
Right to an interpreter in healthcare and its costs
- Criticizes the castle agreement for ignoring immigrants' contributions to welfare and argues that limited rights to an interpreter harms patient safety. Argues that the proposal rests on the Sweden Democrats' policy rather than on science and creates ethical dilemmas. Read the speech
- Expects that patient safety and equal care are prioritized. Criticizes the government's dependence on the Sverigedemokraterna and argues that the proposal creates a reporting society that threatens undocumented children's right to care as well as the staff's work duties. Read the speech
- Argues that the castle agreement implies a shift towards unequal care and poses a risk to patient safety. Criticizes that the agreement legitimizes racism and emphasizes that people born abroad are an asset to healthcare. Read the speech
Alcohol policy, infrastructure, housing, school and corruption
- Asks how the government can allocate 50 million for a leisure card while the state support for the music school is halved. Criticizes that the cuts affect the children and the municipalities. Read the speech
Crime, infrastructure, economy, housing and climate debate
- Criticizes that the member is painting a black picture of Sweden. Argues that the palace agreement contains too little regarding elderly care and asks how the economic targets in the budget can be met. Read the speech
- Argues that substantial funds are required to fulfill the commitments made in the palace agreement regarding health and medical care. Wants to follow up on how these investments are financed, particularly regarding staff within elderly care and health and medical care. Read the speech
- Argues that health and class are linked and criticizes that private health insurance creates a displacement of those who are furthest away from care. Wants to regulate the market's influence on health and medical care to ensure that tax money is used equitably. Read the speech
- Wants all people to have access to dental care with a high-cost protection to avoid apartheid care. Argues that the poor have difficult living conditions due to inflation and asks if there is any news about raising pensions instead of just lowering the tax. Read the speech
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Source: The Swedish Parliament. Kammarkoll is an independent service.